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Is $16 an hour minimum wage enough for workers to afford California's high cost of living?
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How should violent patients who assault ER workers be punished?
Proposition 22, the gig industry-backed initiative that 58% of state voters passed in 2020, was ruled unconstitutional by a Superior Court judge before being upheld by a state appeals court. Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and other companies have used the law to treat their drivers and delivery workers in California as independent contractors, not as employees. Now, the whole law could be thrown out by the California Supreme Court because of a clause in the initiative declaring gig workers independent contractors not eligible for workers' comp.
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Hospitality Training Academy's free job training offers a foot in the door to the service industry.
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California's Supreme Court will vote on Prop 22, the law that keeps gig workers independent.
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Discover the role that Filipino labor organizers played in the farm workers movement.
The United Auto Workers Union continues to strike — first against the "Big Three" (Ford, General Motors and Stellantis), and now expanding to other companies, like Mack Trucks. Workers worry, in part, that billions of dollars in electric vehicle investments aren't translating into good-paying, union jobs — as non-union workforces take the lead in the growing EV market.
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Job growth defies expectations but questions remain about overall health of economy
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees initiating the largest healthcare worker strike in U.S. history when they walked off the job the morning of October 4, 2023. Contract talks continue, but some health services will be delayed in the meantime.
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Advocates concerned about workers with disabilities earning below minimum wage
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Largest healthcare strike in U.S. history underway as workers protest wages and staffing
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White House national climate advisor Ali Zaidi discusses the fight against climate change.